Here's the article I got from USA_L_News:
"From the newsroom of the Memphis Business Journal, Memphis, Tennessee, Tuesday, December 26, 2006 .....
Sorenson opens interpreting center in Memphis
Sorenson Communications, a provider of video relay services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, has opened eight new Video Relay Service Interpreting Centers, including one in Memphis.
Sorenson VRS is a free service that allows deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who use sign language to conduct video relay calls with hearing individuals through an interpreter via videophone, high-speed Internet connection and a standard television set.
"The proliferation of Sorenson VRS Interpreting Centers is an indication of our company's commitment to the deaf community to provide access to professional VRS interpreters," said Chris Wakeland, vice president of interpreting for Sorenson Communications, in a statement. "These VRS interpreting centers connect deaf individuals with the hearing world, allowing them to communicate in American Sign Language, their native language."
The company's other new locations will be in Boise, Idaho; Columbia, Mo.; Fresno, Calif.; Kansas City; Knoxville, Tenn.; Little Rock, Ark.; and Omaha, Neb.
© 2006 American City Business Journals, Inc. :"
Wow.. That's third Interpreting Center in our state of Tennessee by the same company! Just one plain same company??? Umm.. Please don't get me WRONG, but I know the videophone is a HUGE benefit for everyone! and even our local interpreters as well, yet.. it may not benefit to our local community centers in Tennessee, Why? because of the better salaries from the big companies and short of the numbers of the interpreters in our state, we may have to face some problem about finding several good interpreters in case of emergency WHEN we NEED them?? You have to think about it..
My $64,000 question is.. How could we solve this problem? How could we get the interpreters to get involved with us at the our local community centers? I know many of you whom I met in the past, on their major concern about lack of the interpreter services because our community centers could not completed against the big companies due to $$$$ and You may not realized that our state of Tennessee gave the same rate every year to our community centers for more than 12 years!
What we do? We want to ask you for contacting your local (state's legislative of Tennessee) to ask them to get increase their rates to support our community centers! You will hear from our TAD community or check with your local community center if you can ask them to get updated information.
Please check on our TAD blog often as much as you could, whatever I have resources to inform all of you on this blog.
Thanks!
PMRjr, TAD President
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Monday, December 25, 2006
Message from TAD President
Hello for everyone!
It was really hard for me to believe 2006 will soon be gone now. I have some vision on the TAD Community back in those last 12 months what I did for TAD and I think that 2006 may be best year I have ever had since I became the President of TAD from 2003. So, I hope that may 2007 be great to all of us as well!
I know some of you asked me what would I do with my plan on TAD’s agenda for first 7 months prior to end of my last 2nd term which is coming in July 2007 where the TAD convention will be held on July 12-14 in Chattanooga that you will get a package soon in January 2007 and will also post the information on the TAD web site soon as well. Now, go back to your question I can answer: in the fact I do not know yet, but I do know is must training with any new leadership of TAD to fill up in my shoes!
What would I do is teaching to the board members to take care of the TAD business and teach them how to speak up what they believe is best for their TAD’s future after my term ends. My vision in 2007 would be a new breed and better leadership of TAD for next generations that way will keep running the TAD business strongly for protecting our Deaf rights even in the higher technology world.
Some of you asked me about the newsletter?? My best answer I could have is: There is no position of the Deaf Tennessean Editor yet, which I do not mind to take that position, however my duty of the TAD President is coming first. Second, today’s our better technology is the web site, blog, and email which I could send any newsletter with the PDF file format in your own email address right away instead of waiting longer, which saves a lot of TAD’s money, because we can afford to pay the bill on the web site, email address systems and others. However, we still will need to send the newsletter in the mail to few members that do not have any computer.
However, one thing is I can really answer in my personal way: After my terms ends, I will continue working with any TAD committee such as The Deaf Tennessean Editorial group. Perhaps if the members can re-vote that allowing me go back to become the Past President since the position was removed in 2003 TAD convention, which I do not mind to serve on the TAD board of director again.
Now, I want to encourage all of you as TAD members and non-members to attend our 43rd TAD convention for our TAD’s future with our young Deaf people. We need your feedback because of the higher technology that we will face with. Why important for you to attend our convention? My answer is so simple: protecting your rights to use the better technology service! I am sure that many of you may not know familiar or acknowledged with our new technology such as Relay Service, Videophone, pager service and computers that provides better for our Deaf people so the convention will be a big benefit for yourself!
I hope all of you to be there!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year’s Day!
PMRjr, TAD President 2003-2005, 2005-2007
It was really hard for me to believe 2006 will soon be gone now. I have some vision on the TAD Community back in those last 12 months what I did for TAD and I think that 2006 may be best year I have ever had since I became the President of TAD from 2003. So, I hope that may 2007 be great to all of us as well!
I know some of you asked me what would I do with my plan on TAD’s agenda for first 7 months prior to end of my last 2nd term which is coming in July 2007 where the TAD convention will be held on July 12-14 in Chattanooga that you will get a package soon in January 2007 and will also post the information on the TAD web site soon as well. Now, go back to your question I can answer: in the fact I do not know yet, but I do know is must training with any new leadership of TAD to fill up in my shoes!
What would I do is teaching to the board members to take care of the TAD business and teach them how to speak up what they believe is best for their TAD’s future after my term ends. My vision in 2007 would be a new breed and better leadership of TAD for next generations that way will keep running the TAD business strongly for protecting our Deaf rights even in the higher technology world.
Some of you asked me about the newsletter?? My best answer I could have is: There is no position of the Deaf Tennessean Editor yet, which I do not mind to take that position, however my duty of the TAD President is coming first. Second, today’s our better technology is the web site, blog, and email which I could send any newsletter with the PDF file format in your own email address right away instead of waiting longer, which saves a lot of TAD’s money, because we can afford to pay the bill on the web site, email address systems and others. However, we still will need to send the newsletter in the mail to few members that do not have any computer.
However, one thing is I can really answer in my personal way: After my terms ends, I will continue working with any TAD committee such as The Deaf Tennessean Editorial group. Perhaps if the members can re-vote that allowing me go back to become the Past President since the position was removed in 2003 TAD convention, which I do not mind to serve on the TAD board of director again.
Now, I want to encourage all of you as TAD members and non-members to attend our 43rd TAD convention for our TAD’s future with our young Deaf people. We need your feedback because of the higher technology that we will face with. Why important for you to attend our convention? My answer is so simple: protecting your rights to use the better technology service! I am sure that many of you may not know familiar or acknowledged with our new technology such as Relay Service, Videophone, pager service and computers that provides better for our Deaf people so the convention will be a big benefit for yourself!
I hope all of you to be there!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year’s Day!
PMRjr, TAD President 2003-2005, 2005-2007
Sunday, December 17, 2006
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